The seven-day deadline to Maoists in Junglemahal to lay down arms by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee passed on Saturday with the ultras calling a 24-hour bandh in defiance, that failed to evoke much response. There was not much response to the bandh in West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia districts, the forested areas of which […]
In a major development, Shahbuddin, the key suspect in the Bhanwari Devi missing case, surrendered before a court in Jodhpur on Saturday, two other accused, Sohan Lal Bishnoi and Balia, had already been arrested and were in judicial custody. Shahbuddin, carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head, surrendered before Metropolitan Magistrate (Economic Offences) […]
The 2G spectrum case on Saturday reached an important milestone with a Delhi court framing charges against all the 17 accused including former Telecom Minister A Raja and DMK MP Kanimozhi and corporate honchos. Besides Raja and Kanimozhi, corporate honchos-Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group’s MD Gautam Doshi, Group President Surendra Pipara and Senior Vice President […]
At least 24 persons have been killed and over 60 injured when an old wooden footbridge over a spring gave way under the pressure of a crowd during a Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) meeting at Bijanbari in Darjeeling district. District Magistrate Saumitra Mohan said 24 persons were killed and over 60 were injured when the […]
New Delhi on Saturday strongly pitched for permanent membership of the UN Security Council. This will give a greater and important role to India at the global stage. Addressing a conference on international relations in Delhi, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said there is a desperate need to expand India’s diplomatic tools and enhance the defence […]
The government on Saturday said it is examining a process to select Lokayuktas independently in different states. Addressing the valedictory function of CBI conference in New Delhi, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office V. Narayansamy lamented that some State governments are attempting to make Lokayuktas weak. Commending the work of CBI in curbing […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked parliamentary parties to strike a balance between adversarial political positions on issues and cooperating on long-term national agenda. He also made a powerful appeal to various stakeholders to reverse the mood of “negativism” because both optimism and pessimism have an infectious quality. “Elected governments can deliver only if… the […]
The Lokayukta Court on Saturday extended till November 3 the judicial custody of former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in alleged land scam cases. Judge N K Sudhindra Rao also extended the judicial custody of former minister and sitting MLA Krishnaiah Settty, another accused in the case relating to alleged irregularities in denotification of government […]
Social activist Arvind Kejriwal has been sent a fresh notice by the Income Tax Department, asking him to pay over nine lakh rupees dues by this month-end. Sources in the Income Tax department said that a fresh notice has been issued to Kejriwal, for violating bond clauses under which he went on a study leave […]
DMK President and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi met Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi today. The meeting comes on a day when a special CBI court is likely to frame charges against 17 accused, including Karunanidhi’s daughter Kanimozhi, in the 2G scam case. Earlier in the morning, Karunanidhi met Home Minister […]
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